I think I have it fixed. I found an article on google that talked about recreating a zone. Once I deleted the zone and recreated it, netdiag shows things as hunky dory.... We'll see. Thanks, Rick -----Original Message----- From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rick Fogarty Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 10:59 AM To: W2K Subject: [windows2000] DNS Issues I've created a W2k3 Server and am having problems with DNS. When running netdiag /fix, I've come up with the following under the DNS test. I've googled it and am not able to come up with anything conclusive. Anyone seen anything like this? Netdiag /fix: DNS test . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Failed [WARNING] Cannot find a primary authoritative DNS server for the name 'zeus.sandhills.edu.'. [RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE] The name 'zeus.sandhills.edu.' may not be registered in DNS. [WARNING] Cannot find a primary authoritative DNS server for the name 'zeus.sandhills.edu.'. [RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE] The name 'zeus.sandhills.edu.' may not be registered in DNS. [WARNING] Cannot find a primary authoritative DNS server for the name 'zeus.sandhills.edu.'. [RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE] The name 'zeus.sandhills.edu.' may not be registered in DNS. [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry sandhills.edu. re-registeration on DNS s erver '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry sandhills.edu. re-registeration on DNS s erver '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry sandhills.edu. re-registeration on DNS s erver '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry _ldap._tcp.sandhills.edu. re-registerati on on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry _ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._site s.sandhills.edu. re-registeration on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry _ldap._tcp.pdc._msdcs.sandhills.edu. re- registeration on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry _ldap._tcp.gc._msdcs.sandhills.edu. re-r egisteration on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry _ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._site s.gc._msdcs.sandhills.edu. re-registeration on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry _ldap._tcp.c2aca47e-d8c6-4124-b719-0cf9b c7aec33.domains._msdcs.sandhills.edu. re-registeration on DNS server '172.16.12. 25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry gc._msdcs.sandhills.edu. re-registeratio n on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry gc._msdcs.sandhills.edu. re-registeratio n on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry gc._msdcs.sandhills.edu. re-registeratio n on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry b116b710-7b8d-418b-9e1f-731ffc324b21._ms dcs.sandhills.edu. re-registeration on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry _kerberos._tcp.dc._msdcs.sandhills.edu. re-registeration on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry _kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._ sites.dc._msdcs.sandhills.edu. re-registeration on DNS server '172.16.12.25' fai led. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.sandhills.edu. re-r egisteration on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry _ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._site s.dc._msdcs.sandhills.edu. re-registeration on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry _kerberos._tcp.sandhills.edu. re-registe ration on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry _kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._ sites.sandhills.edu. re-registeration on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry _gc._tcp.sandhills.edu. re-registeration on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry _gc._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites. sandhills.edu. re-registeration on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry _kerberos._udp.sandhills.edu. re-registe ration on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry _kpasswd._tcp.sandhills.edu. re-register ation on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry _kpasswd._udp.sandhills.edu. re-register ation on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry DomainDnsZones.sandhills.edu. re-registe ration on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry DomainDnsZones.sandhills.edu. re-registe ration on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry DomainDnsZones.sandhills.edu. re-registe ration on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry _ldap._tcp.DomainDnsZones.sandhills.edu. re-registeration on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry _ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._site s.DomainDnsZones.sandhills.edu. re-registeration on DNS server '172.16.12.25' fa iled. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry ForestDnsZones.sandhills.edu. re-registe ration on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry ForestDnsZones.sandhills.edu. re-registe ration on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry ForestDnsZones.sandhills.edu. re-registe ration on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry _ldap._tcp.ForestDnsZones.sandhills.edu. re-registeration on DNS server '172.16.12.25' failed. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Failed to fix: DC DNS entry _ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._site s.ForestDnsZones.sandhills.edu. re-registeration on DNS server '172.16.12.25' fa iled. DNS Error code: DNS_ERROR_RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE [FATAL] Fix Failed: netdiag failed to re-register missing DNS entries for th is DC on DNS server '172.16.12.25'. [FATAL] No DNS servers have the DNS records for this DC registered. ========================================================================== Rick Fogarty Coordinator, Technical Support and Computer Servicing Sandhills Community College 3395 Airport Rd Pinehurst, NC 28374 1(910) 695-3943 Fax 1(910)695-1823 rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.sandhills.edu <http://www.sandhills.edu/> ==========================================================================